Single-Access Neighbourhoods and Neighbourhood Cohesion

• Authors: Karim W. F. Youssef
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper compares the level of neighbourhood cohesion of two single-access neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alberta. The two neighbourhoods had a high sense of neighbourhood cohesion. It is argued that the single access to the neighbourhood has contributed to a high sense of neighbourhood cohesion. One neighbourhood outperformed the other on all three subscales of cohesion due to a stronger sense of seclusion of the neighbourhood. Establishing a sense of identity, a focus, and a clear boundary for a neighbourhood is paramount. At the same time, visionary planning for the future of neighbourhood design with a view to an easy and flexible redevelopment of the open-grid model seems to dominate the mindset of municipal planners operating under the banner of sustainability.

Keywords

EN

gating; neighbourhood cohesion; social sustainability; seclusion

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Critical Housing Analysis
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1-10
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Karim W. F. Youssef

• Critical Housing Analysis, redakce,Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic